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2022 Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

5 Ranked Colleges
217 Degrees Awarded
$24,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Applied Economics is the 497th most popular major in the country with 652 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 248 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 217 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in applied economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great applied economics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the applied economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree applied economics students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Economics in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Binghamton University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Vestal, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 137 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied economics students in 2019-2020.

Binghamton University also made our “Best Applied Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Binghamton University is $19,353 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree applied economics students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Applied Economics at Binghamton University

#2

Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Farmingdale State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Farmingdale State College is located in Farmingdale, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s applied economics degrees to qualified students.

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale also made our “Best Applied Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is $8,638 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Economics students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Applied Economics at Farmingdale State College

#3

Ithaca College

Ithaca, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ithaca College landed the #3 spot on the list. Ithaca is a medium-sized school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 1 bachelors’s applied economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Ithaca also took the #4 spot in our “Best Applied Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $33,465 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree applied economics students per year to attend Ithaca.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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#4

Ursinus College

Collegeville, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ursinus College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 47 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied economics students in 2019-2020.

Ursinus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Applied Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $28,390 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Economics students per year to attend Ursinus College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Applied Economics at Ursinus College

#5

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied economics degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Carnegie Mellon University is $34,508 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree applied economics students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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